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Bottle or flask (Pocket bottle)
1765-1775
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
Possibly Bohemia; Probably Czech Republic; Europe
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
- Pewter
- Enameled
Museum Object Number
1994.0063 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. Emlin S. Massey in memory of Florence and Charles Montgomery
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Object Number
1994.0063 A, B
Object Name
Bottle or flask (Pocket bottle)
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
Possibly Bohemia; Probably Czech Republic; Europe
Origin Notes
Produced in Bohemia, Alpine lands, Central and South Germany, Alsace and exported to many European countries.
Date
1765-1775
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
- Pewter
- Enameled
Techniques
- Blown
- Painted
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
5.994 (H) x 2.48 (W) x 2.953 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
15.225 (H) x 6.3 (W) x 7.5 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: van den Bossche, Willy. 2001 Antique Glass Bottles: their history and evolution (1500-1850). 439.
• Similar form spirits flasks, with vertical leafy motifs on sides: pp. 278-279, col. pls. 225A-B, Bohemia, Alpine Lands, Central and South Germany and Alsace, c. 1770Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Related object: no. 344, p. 356Book: McNally, Paul. 1982 Table Glass in Canada, 1700- 1850.
• Floral enameled glass flask and tumbler fragments excavated at Fort Beausejour and Fort Louisbourg, Canada: p. 55, fig. 31, flask fragment.Book: Kent, Barry C. 1984 Susquehanna's Indians.
• Floral enameled glass flask from Conestoga Town site, Lancaster PA, near Susquehanna River 1690-1763 context: p. 227, fig. 227, several tribes in area.